Working with RSCs

Web tools for administrators showcased at national conference

Tuesday 24 April 2012

An audience at the UK's biggest annual event for academic administrative staff, the AUA Annual Conference and Exhibition, heard about the benefits of Web 2.0 tools at a Netskills breakout session.

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Activities with Regional Support Centres

Netskills staff are regularly involved with the RSCs through events and activities arranged for the region's colleges. Examples of work with the RSCs include:

• Onsite training programmes for the region's colleges
• Licences for use of training materials - for RSC staff or regional licences for colleges
• Attending, exhibiting or presenting at annual conferences and fairs
• Voucher arrangements for free places on workshop programmes
• RSC staff participating in accreditation schemes
• Organisation of workshop delivery with accreditation to college staff
• Free places on Netskills workshops for RSC staff
• RSC staff involved in new workshop pilots and development
• Netskills staff involved in liaison and networking groups
• Provision of training facilities and help with locating facilities
• Promotion of national campaigns and subsidised events
• Publicity material on workshops and training materials for distribution to colleges

Examples

Examples of national campaigns involving collaboration between Netskills and RSCs include:

• Core skills training to enable roll out of Federated Access Management
• e-Learning design and development
• e-Assessment tools and techniques
• Information Skills
• Work to support Specialist Colleges
• Events and content for Adult and Community Learning